Menís Golfer of the Week Ė No. 7

Palmer claims final Men's Golfer of the Week award of 2013

May 01, 2013

By Alan Grosbach, Manager of Communications and Sports Information

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Michael Palmer of Oklahoma City has been named the final NAIA National Men’s Golfer of the Week of the 2013 season, the national office announced Wednesday. Palmer was selected based on his performance from April 22 – 28 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated group golfer of the week selections.

Palmer led the Stars to their fourth-straight and 19th all-time Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament championship by winning his second career individual conference crown April 23 at the Dornick Hills Golf and Country Club in Ardmore, Okla. The senior from Johannesburg, South Africa, tallied a tournament-high eight birdies en route to a 54-hole score of 219 (74-72-73). Palmer, whose first individual championship came in his freshman season at Dornick Hills, finished five strokes ahead of the second-place individual. As a team, Oklahoma City shot 300-301-305—906.

Palmer, who with the performance qualified for the 2013 NAIA Men’s Golf National Championships at the Creekside Golf Club in Salem, Ore., May 14 – 17, ranks 10th in the NAIA in par four scoring (4.12). He is the second individual from Oklahoma City to receive weekly honors this season.